colonize

英 ['kɒlənaɪz] 美 ['kɑːlənaɪz]

• v. 开拓殖民地；移居于殖民地

英英释义

Verb:

1. settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world;

   "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century"
   

2. settle as colonists or establish a colony (in);

   "The British colonized the East Coast"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Britain colonized many parts of Africa.
   英国在非洲开拓了许多殖民地。
2. Some Westerners came to colonize; others came to convert; most came to exploit.
   有些西方人为了殖民而来，有些是为了宣传基督教义，但大多数是为了剥削。
3. Someday human beings will attempt to colonize outer space.
   有朝一日人类会试图开拓外太空成殖民地。
4. The divers want to show it's possible for humans to colonize the seabed.
   这几名潜水员想证明人类能够在海底生活。

经典引文

• The uprooted peoples began colonizing Asia Minor.

  出自： G. Steiner

近反义词

【近义词】

• settle 解决
• take possession of 占有
• people 人
• inhabit 居住于
• take over 接收
• lay claim to 要求(主张
• colonise 开拓殖民地...

【反义词】

• decolonize 使 ... 非殖民化...